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F for Fake (1973)

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Exploring #21: Roy Andersson

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Devi (1960)

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It Was Just an Accident (2025)

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)

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Oscars 2026 Prediction

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Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)

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Secret Agent, The (2025)

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Trial, The (1962)

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Exploring #20: Joachim Trier

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January 11, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Synonyms (2019)

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  • 2019, France, Israel, Nadav Lapid
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At times frustrating to watch, this unorthodox work about national identity will impress and alienate in equal measure.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Vitalina Varela (2019)

  • Costa, Pedro
  • 2019, Pedro Costa, Portugal
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Master of light and shadow, Pedro Costa returns with another visually-hypnotic elegy about the disenfranchised and their unbearable solitude.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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January 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sully (2016)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2016, Clint Eastwood, USA
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Not a great film by any measure, this oddly-structured dramatization and investigative inquiry into the โ€˜Miracle on the Hudsonโ€™ incident is a mildly-affirming work by Clint Eastwood.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

American Sniper (2014)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2014, Clint Eastwood, USA
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A contemporary war film with such generic, by-the-numbers treatment that while assuredly directed by Eastwood, doesnโ€™t feel interesting enough.ย 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 8, 2020January 13, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Richard Jewell (2019)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2019, Clint Eastwood, USA
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One of Clint Eastwoodโ€™s better efforts, this well-performed drama about the 1996 Atlanta bombings is efficiently told with just the right amount of sentiment.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 7, 2020February 11, 2020 by Eternality Tan

1917 (2019)

  • Mendes, Sam
  • 2019, Sam Mendes, UK
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Thereโ€™s something rather shallow and underwhelming undergirding the audacious if controlled techniques on display in Sam Mendesโ€™ high-concept WWI film.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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January 5, 2020October 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

J. Edgar (2011)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2011, Clint Eastwood, USA
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Clint Eastwood’s weakest in a long while, but it still remains fairly engaging because of the strength of Leonardo DiCaprio’s singular performance.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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January 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Hereafter (2010)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2010, Clint Eastwood, USA
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A weaker effort by Clint Eastwood that operates at a sluggish pace and tries a tad too hard to be a life-affirming and contemplative film.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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January 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Invictus (2009)

  • Eastwood, Clint
  • 2009, Clint Eastwood, USA
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Nelson Mandela and the South African rugby team compete for storytelling attention in Clint Eastwood’s decent sports biopic.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 5, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Truth, The (2019)

  • Kore-eda, Hirokazu
  • 2019, France, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
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Despite its seemingly modest if meta-cinematic setup, Kore-edaโ€™s first film made in the West with big stars reveals layers of subtlety and emotions that creep up genteelly to the surface.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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